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The biggest boy band on the world

Friday, October the 24th, 2014 by Mikaila

"They work really hard and they deserve every success they get. They inspire us in music," says the Vamps. They are on top and will stay there. They're the biggest band on the planet, With over 46 million records sold to date. Even when they are older they will still be known as one of the biggest bands there ever was. Every year they come out with a No.1 album. They are becoming more of a pop-rock band, the question is do the fans like it?

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One Direction while on the X Factor


The X Factor

The boys of One Direction all auditioned for the X Factor separately. On the x Factor they got formed on July, 23rd, 2010 at 8:22 pm by Nicole Scherzinger ( a guest judge) and Simon Cowell. They were put together at the end boot camp. Matt Cardle won the UK X Factor in 2010 but One Direction is more popular today. One Direction got third in the X Factor. They may not have won the X Factor but they won millions of girls hearts.

Up All Night

Up All Night was their debut album in 2011. The first week it sold 176,000 copies and by December 2012 they had sold over 4.5 million copies. They started recording in Sweden, UK and in the USA. The lyrics in this album are all about being young, empowerment, relationships and heartbreaks. One Direction preformed songs from the album at award shows, on television shows and on their Up all night tour. The three main singles in Up all night were 'Gotta be you','One thing' and 'What makes you beautiful'. Up All Night was number one.

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One Direction's Take me home photo shoot

Take Me Home

Take me Home was the fourth best selling album of 2012. It topped the charts in 35 countries. It has sold over 4.4 million copies. The three main singles were 'Kiss you', 'Live while we're young' and 'Little things'. The lyrics are about unrequited love, falling in love, the flaws about what make a person unique, jealousy, commitment and a pacing of a special person. One direction preformed songs from the album on many televised programs and on their Take Me Home tour. Take me home was all positive reviews from music critics.


Midnight Memories

Their third album got a slightly rocker tone. It is the fastest selling album in Amazon UK history. It was released on Monday, November 25th, 2013. Midnight Memories made One Direction the first group to debut three NO.1 albums with their first three albums. In Midnight Memories they had four best-selling songs 'Best Song Ever', 'Story Of My Life',' You and I' and 'Midnight Memories'. Being released only a little over a month before the year was over Midnight memories was the number one album of 2013, with over 4 million copies sold in 2013. Midnight Memories was overall a success.

Tours

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One Direction in Toronto on August, 2nd 2014

They have been on three tours and have one up coming tour. Their first tour 'Up all night' had around 5,000 people and their latest tour 'Where we are' had around 3,282,518 people attend. Their first tour was 'Up all night', second was 'Take me home', third was 'Where we are'. Their up coming tour is called 'On the road again'.Their tours are always something big.

New Songs and Album

They are coming up with a lot of new songs and a new album. On Monday, September the 8th their new song 'Fireproof' debuted, it breaks record with 1.1 million downloads in 24 hours. Their newest song 'Steal My Girl' was debuted on Monday, September 29th, but it got leaked the day before it was supposed to be released. The steal my girl video was out Friday, October 24th, 2014. Also their new album 'Four' is coming out Monday, November the 17th. Four has one big single so far and it is 'Steal my girl'. None of Zayn Malik's songs made it into Four. One Direction has been really successful these past months.

New Perfume and Makeup

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One Directions perfume release
They are going to make us look good and smell good. One Direction are making three makeup collections comes in a collectible tins. The first line they are making is one 'Midnight memories' the second is 'Take me home' and the last is 'Up all night'. Each article of makeup is named after a song. One Direction was proud to announce that they have a new perfume coming out soon. One Directions third perfume is supposed to smell like "Bright splashes of mango and refreshing grapefruit are combined with a heart of creamy osmanthus, exotic orchid and soft peony to offer a romantic signature that captures the peek of nature bloom," says one directions website. They are both supposed to be out some time this year.

My sources and links for more information.

Them on the x factor

Lots of things about One Direction

One Direction's website

Up all night

Take me home

Midnight memories
One Direction Wikipedia

They have so much success and will have more.

Hopefully we see more of One direction.